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Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-2) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, dot in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in center of dotted square on book
Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
Dim: 27 mm, 8.65 g

An extremely rare variation of the Anonymous Class B Follis. The arms of the nimbus cross has only dots and the book of Gospels has five dots. Using Orestes H. Zervos' classifications of the Class B folles, these types were found during the excavation of Corinth. See the following paper:

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Byzantine Empire: Philippicus Bardanes (711-713) Æ Decanummium, Constantinople, RY 1 (Sear 1457; DOC 13; MIB 23)Obv: Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding eagle-tipped scepter
Rev: Large I; cross to left, I/Γ to right; CON in exergue
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Byzantine Empire: Theodosius III of Adramytium (715-717) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY 1 (Sear 1492; DOC 5; MIB 13)Obv: Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding patriarchal globus cruciger and akakia; cross to right
Rev: Large M, cross above; A/N/N/O - I (date) across field; B below; CON in exergue
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Byzantine Empire: Constantine X Ducas (1059-1067) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1853; DOC 8)Obv: +ЄMMA NOVHA; Christ Emmanuel standing facing on footstool, wearing nimbus, pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels with both hands; in fields, IC XC
Rev: +ΚШΝΤΔΚ ЄVΔΚΑVΓΟ; Eudocia and Constantine X standing facing, both crowned and wearing loros, holding between them labarum, with cross on shaft, resting on three steps Quant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-2) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, dot in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in center of dotted square on book
Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
Dim: 27 mm, 8.65 g

An extremely rare variation of the Anonymous Class B Follis. The arms of the nimbus cross has only dots and the book of Gospels has five dots. Using Orestes H. Zervos' classifications of the Class B folles, these types were found during the excavation of Corinth. See the following paper:

Zervos, Orestes H., The Substantive Varieties of Anonymous Folles of Class B, Nomismatika Khronika No. 22/2003Quant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118) BI Aspron Trachy Nomisma, Constantinople (Sear 1918; DOC VI.B25; CLBC 2.3.3)Obv: IC XC in field; Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne with back; blesses with right hand in front of chest, and holds Gospels in left hand
Rev: ΛΛЄ(ΞIШ) - ΔЄC(ΠOT); Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and chlamys; holds in right hand scepter cruciger, and in left, globus cruciger
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Byzantine Empire: Anastasius II Artemius (713-715) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1469; DOC II.8c; MIBE 28)Obv: Facing bust with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger and akakia; cross in right field
Rev: Large M; cross above, year I; Γ//CON
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Kingdom of Thessalonica: Theodoros Comnenus-Ducas (1224-1230) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear 2165; DOC IV Type D, 7; Lianta 329-31)Obv: IC XC in field; Christ, bearded and nimbate, seated upon throne without back; right hand raised in benediction, holds Gospel in left hand; pellet normally in each limb of nimbus cross; star to right above throne
Rev: ΘЄOΔШPOC ΔϪK - X/M; Full-length figure of emperor on left, and of St. Michael nimbate, giving model of the city of Thessalonica with three towers into the hands of the emperor; Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; right hand hold labarum-headed scepter; Saint wears divitision, collar-piece and panelled loros of simplified type; left hand holds jeweled scepter; Manus Dei in upper center fieldQuant.Geek

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Byzantine Empire: Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118) BI Aspron Trachy Nomisma, Philippopolis? (Sear 1936A; DOC VI.31)Obv: +KЄROHΘ ΛΛЄΞIШ; IC XC in field; Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in left hand
Rev: Δ/ЄC/ΠO/T - TШ/KO/M/N; Full-length figure of emperor wearing divitision, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in right hand scepter with large labarum as head - in which generally a cross; and in left hand, globus crucigerQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118) BI Aspron Trachy Nomisma, Philippopolis? (Sear 1936; DOC VI.31)Obv: +KЄROHΘ ΛΛЄΞIШ; IC XC in field; Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in left hand
Rev: Δ/ЄC/ΠO/T - TШ/KO/M/N; Full-length figure of emperor wearing divitision, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in right hand scepter with large labarum as head - in which generally a cross; and in left hand, globus cruciger Quant.Geek

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Byzantine Empire: Theophilus (829-842) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1666; DOC 13)Obv: ✷ ΘЄOFIL ЬASIL; Crowned and draped bust of facing, holding patriarchal cross and akakia
Rev: Large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, Θ below Quant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Leo IV the Khazar (775-780) AR Miliaresion (Sear 1585; DOC III.1 3.5)Obv: IhSЧS XRISτЧS hICA; Cross potent on base and three steps, within a triple circle of dots
Rev: LЄOn/SCOҺST/AҺTInЄЄ/CΘЄЧ bA/SILIS in five lines, within a triple circle of dots
Dim: 21 mm, 1.7 g

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Byzantine Empire: Anonymous Class J Æ Follis, Attributed to Alexius I Comnenus (Sear 1900; DOC J.1; Album 1958)Obv: Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, bearded, with cross behind head having on each arm, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left clasps book to breast. In upper angles of cross, two crescents. In field, IC - XC; Mardin Hoard Countermark #16 (لله)
Rev: Latin cross with large pellets at each extremity. Beneath the cross, large crescent. To left and right, above and below, large pellets surrounded by small pellets

Countermarked by Izz al-din Abu Bakr al-Dubaysi between 1146 and 1156 AD at the mint of al-Jazirah Quant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Anonymous Class H Æ Follis, Attributed to Michael VII (1071-1078), Constantinople (Sear 1880; DOC H.5; Album 1954/5)Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in center of dotted square on book; Mardin Hoard Countermark #12 (عدل عز)
Rev: Patriarchal cross with globule and pellets at extremities, set on floral ornament; Mardin Hoard Countermark #13 (عز)

Countermarked by Izz al-din Abu Bakr al-Dubaysi between 1146 and 1156 AD at the mint of al-Jazirah
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Byzantine Empire: Constantine V Copronymus (741-775 CE) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1556; DOC 11)Obv: Crowned and draped facing busts of Constantine V and Leo IV; cross above
Rev: Crowned facing bust of Leo III, wearing loros and holding cross potent, set on horizontal bar; cross to right; below bar, large M between X-N; A below MQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Imitation Class A3 Follis, Attributed to Basil II & Constantine VIII (ca. 1020-1028) Constantinople Mint (cf. Sear 1818)Obv: Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator
Rev: Blundered Greek legendQuant.Geek

Obv: Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger
Rev: Large M; monogram above; to left and right, Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, holding globus cruciger
Dim: 27 mm, 2.96 g
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Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-2) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, dot in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in center of dotted square on book
Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
Dim: 25 mm, 7.99 g

An extremely rare variation of the Anonymous Class B Follis. The arms of the nimbus cross has only dots and the book of Gospels has five dots. Using Orestes H. Zervos' classifications of the Class B folles, these types were found during the excavation of Corinth. See the following paper:

Zervos, Orestes H., The Substantive Varieties of Anonymous Folles of Class B, Nomismatika Khronika No. 22/2003Quant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Constantine IX Monomachus (1042-1055) Fourrèe? Histamenon Nomisma (cf. Sear 1830) Dim: 27 mm, 3,85 g
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Byzantine Empire: Constantine VI & Irene (780-797) AR Miliaresion, Constantinople (Sear 1595; DOC 4b)Obv: IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ҺICA Cross potent set on three steps
Rev: COҺS/TAҺTInO/S S IRInIЄ/ C ΘЄЧ bA/SILIS in five lines

This coin was overstruck on an Abbasid dirhem, with considerable parts of the undertype still visible
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Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class F Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1856; DOC III.2-F.3) - Attributed to Constantine X (1059-1067)Obv: IC-XC in field; Christ seated facing on throne without back, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right in benediction; gospels in left hand
Rev: IS XS / ЬASILЄ / ЬASIL in three lines; cross above and beneath
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Byzantine Empire: Anonymous Class J Æ Follis, Attributed to Alexius I Comnenus (Sear 1900; DOC J.1)Obv: Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, bearded, with cross behind head having

on each arm, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left clasps book to breast. In upper angles of cross, two crescents. In field, IC - XC.
Rev: Latin cross with large pellets at each extremity. Beneath the cross, large crescent. To left and right, above and below, large pellets surrounded by small pellets.1 commentsQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Anonymous Class J Æ Follis, Attributed to Alexius I Comnenus (Sear 1900; DOC J.1)Obv: Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, bearded, with cross behind head having

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Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-4b) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus having a square in each arm and

in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holds book, with

on cover, from beneath
Rev: IS-XS Ð¬AS-ILÐ„ Ð¬AS-ILÐ„ in large letters to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps

A common variation of the Anonymous Class B Follis. See the following paper for various classifications of the these types of folles:

Zervos, Orestes H., The Substantive Varieties of Anonymous Folles of Class B, Nomismatika Khronika No. 22/2003
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Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-3) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus having

with a central pellet in each arm and

in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holds book, with

on cover, from beneath
Rev: IS-XS Ð¬AS-ILÐ„ Ð¬AS-ILÐ„ in small letters to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
Dim: 29 mm, 9.32 g

An extremely rare variation of the Anonymous Class B Follis. The arms of the nimbus cross has

with a central pellet and the book of Gospels has five dots. Using Orestes H. Zervos' classifications of the Class B folles, these types were found during the excavation of Corinth. See the following paper:

Zervos, Orestes H., The Substantive Varieties of Anonymous Folles of Class B, Nomismatika Khronika No. 22/2003Quant.Geek

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Byzantine Empire: Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear 2368; DOC 841-44; Lianta 695-96; Bendall NumCirc CXIII.4; CNG Auction 115, Lot 799)Obv: Half-length bust of Archangel Michael facing, holding scepter
Rev: Half-length busts of Andronicus and St. Demetrius; between them, the Hetoimasia, topped with large patriarchal cross
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Byzantine Empire: Andronicus III Palaeologus (1328-1341) Æ Assarion, Constantinople (Sear 2478; DOC V.894-5; LPC 124.10)Quant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Michael VIII Palaeologos (1261-1282) Æ Trachy, Constantinople (Sear 2261; DOC V, 56-7; Bendall-Donald C.4; PCPC 22; Lianta 514-15)Quant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Michael VIII Palaeologos (1261-1282) Æ Trachy, Constantinople (Sear 2261; DOC V, 56-7; Bendall-Donald C.4; PCPC 22; Lianta 514-15)Quant.Geek

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Byzantine Empire: Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118) Æ Tetarteron, Thessalonica (Sear-1931; DOC VI-40)Obv: Crowned facing bust, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger
Rev: Jeweled cross with central X and globe at each extremity; C-Î¦/AÎ›-Î” in angles

Overstruck on an Anonymous Class B follis.Quant.Geek

Dim: 18 mm, 2.2 gQuant.Geek

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Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Decanummium, Theoupolis, RY 27 (Sear 237; DOC 255; MIBE 158)Obv: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG; Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right
Rev: Large I; date across field, cross above, date across field, cross above, THÐ§Î in exergueQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Constantine IV Pogonatus (668-685) Æ Decanummium, Constantinople (Sear 1183; DOC II.39; MIB III.89)Obv: Beardless, three-quarter bust facing right, wearing helment and cuirass, and holding spear
Rev: Large I, cross above; to left, cross; to right, K; CON in exergue
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Byzantine Empire: Leontius (695-698) Æ Half Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1335; DOC III.9; MIB III.33)Obv: Crowned facing bust of Leontius, holding globus cruciger; cross to right
Rev: Large K; cross above, A/N/NO and A across fields, B below
Dim: 4.0g, 24 mmQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Pb Seal (DOC BZS.1951.31.5.7)Obv: The Mother of God standing, wearing a chiton and maphorion, and holding Christ before her. A large cross potent with an elongated vertical shaft at left and right. Wreath border.
Rev: dN FOCAS-PЄRPAЧC; Bust of Phokas with a pointed beard and shaggy hair, wearing a crown with a cross on top and a chlamys fastened with a fibula on the right shoulder. A circular inscription beginning at left. No visible border
Dim: 29 mm, 18.0g
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Byzantine Empire: John VIII Palaeologus (1425-1448) Æ Follaro, Constantinople (Sear 2568; Lianta 1094)Obv: Christ, nimbate, wearing mandorla, standing facing, raising his right hand in benediction
Rev: John VIII standing facing, wearing crown, holding scepter surmounted by cross in his right hand; Ð¨ in field to left
Dim: 14 mm, 0.53 g, 9 hQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Constantine IV Pogonatus (668-685) Æ Half Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1179; DOC II.35; MIB III.83)Obv: Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantine facing, holding globus cruciger in his right hand
Rev: Large K between A/N/N/O and CO/N; cross above, A below
Dim: 33.5 mm, 10.85 g, 6 hQuant.Geek

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Byzantine Empire: Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328) Æ Trachy, Constantinople (Sear 2357; LPC 264.2; PCPC 125; Lianta 661)Obv: IC XC; Cross within crescent. Pellets in right and left field
Rev.: Three-quarter-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and paneled loros of simplified type; right hand holds scepter cruciger; left hand holds globus
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Byzantine Empire: Theophilus (829-842) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1666; DOC 13)Obv: âœ· Î˜Ð„OFIL Ð¬ASIL; Crowned and draped bust of facing, holding patriarchal cross and akakia
Rev: Large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, Î˜ below
Dim: 28 mm, 8.03 gQuant.Geek

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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (Sear 676A; MIB 89)Obv: Sear Monogram 20 of Phocas
Rev: Large Ð„; cross to right
Dim: 15mm, 1.37 g

Sear Monogram 20

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Byzantine Empire: Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear 2366; Grierson 1433; LPC 208.8)Obv: Long cross with wing to left
Rev: Three-quarter length figures of Andronicus left, and St. Demetrius right with large cross between them
Dim: 21mm, 1.04 g
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Byzantine Empire: Anonymous (555-624) 4 Nummi, Cartago Spartaria (Gavilá 44)Obv: Greek Delta (Î”) representing value within circular border
Rev: Cross in circle with traces of marginal legend or radiated border
Dim: 2.05 g, 14 mmQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in center of dotted square on book; Mardin Hoard Countermark #13 (Ø¹Ø²)
Rev: IS-XS Ð¬AS-ILÐ„ Ð¬AS-ILÐ„ to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps; Unkown Countermark

Countermarked by Izz al-din Abu Bakr al-Dubaysi between 1146 and 1156 AD at the mint of al-Jazirah (obverse) and an unknown countermark that is not listed in The Mardin Hoard on the reverse. Quant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class K Follis, Attributed to Alexius I Comnenus (Sear 1901; DOC K.1)Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, book of Gospels; to left, IC; to right, XC. Border of large pellets; Mardin Hoard Countermark #10 (Ø¹Ø¯Ù„â€Ž) and #17 (Ù„Ù„Ù‡)
Rev: Three-quarter length figure of the Virgin orans facing, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium; to left of nimbus, M; to right, Î˜
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Byzantine Empire: Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Unpublished) Obv: Î”HMHT - ANÎ”; Half-length figure of St. Demetrius, beardless and nimbate on left, and of bearded emperor; between them large patriarchal cross. Saint and emperor hold in right and left hand respectively scepter cruciger
Rev: Three-quarter-length figure of Michael IX, beardless on left, crowned by Andronicus II, bearded. Michael holds in right hand scepter cruciger, and in left anexikakia. Andronicus holds in left hand scepter cruciger. Both emperors wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece and loros. Star in left fieldQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Michael VIII Palaeologos (1261-1282) AR Aspron Trachy, Constantinople (Sear 2256var; DOC V 38; PCPC 18; Lianta 507)Obv: Seraph facing between B B
Rev: Χ/Μ/ΔЄC/ΠO/Τ to left, Ο/ΠΑ/ΛЄO to right; Full-length figure of emperor between B ᗺ wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; right hand holds sword point downward; left hand holds anexikakia
Dim: 24 mm, 0.86 gQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-4b) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034) Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus having a square in each arm and

in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holds book, with

Byzantine Empire: Leontius (695-698) Æ Half Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1335; DOC III.9; MIB III.33)Obv: Crowned facing bust of Leontius, holding globus cruciger; cross to right
Rev: Large K; cross above, A/N/NO and II across fields, Î“ below
Dim: 20mm, 2.49gQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Constantine IV Pogonatus (668-685) Æ Decanummium, Constantinople (Sear 1183B; MIB III.92)Quant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Michael II the Amorian (820-829) AR Miliaresion, Constantinople (Sear 1641; DOC 6)Obv: IhSЧS XRIS-tЧS ҺICA; Cross potent on three steps; triple border
Rev: +MIXA/HL S ΘЄOFI/LЄ ЄC ΘЄЧ/ bASILIS RO/mAIOҺ legend in five lines; triple border
Dim: 2.07 gQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and Romanus I (913-959) AR Miliaresion, Constantinople (Sear 1754; DOC 18)Obv: IҺSЧS XRI-STЧS ҺICA; Cross crosslet set upon three steps; globus below
Rev: ROmAҺO / COҺSTAҺt / CЄ XPISTOF / ЄҺ XШ ЄV SЄ / Ь' ЬASIL R'; Legend in five lines
Dim: 2.70 gQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Decanummium, Constantinople, RY 14 (Sear 167; DOC 78)Obv: Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Large I; cross above, A/N/N/O X/II/II across fields; CON in exergue
Dim: 22 mm, 5.31 gQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078) Æ Half Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1880A)Obv: Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, bearded, with cross behind, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised before breast in blessing, left hand holds book from beneath. In field, IC and XC above lateral arms of cross; six-pointed stars beneath them to left and right
Rev: +MIX AHÎ› RACIOÎ”; Crowned bust of Michael facing, bearded, wearing modified loros with collar-piece and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in right hand labarum, in left globus cruciger
Dim: 25 mm, 4.95 gQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1879)Obv: Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, bearded, with cross behind, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised before breast in blessing, left hand holds book from beneath. In field, six-pointed stars above lateral arms of cross; IC XC beneath them to left and right
Rev: +MIX AHÎ› RACIOÎ”; Crowned bust of Michael facing, bearded, wearing modified loros with collar-piece and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in right hand labarum, in left globus cruciger
Dim: 29 mm, 6.34 gQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class K Follis, Attributed to Alexius I Comnenus (Sear 1901; DOC K.1)Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, book of Gospels; to left, IC; to right, XC. Border of large pellets
Rev: Three-quarter length figure of the Virgin orans facing, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium; to left of nimbus, M; to right, Î˜
Dim: 23 mm, 5.24 gQuant.Geek

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class K Follis, Attributed to Alexius I Comnenus (Sear 1901; DOC K.1)Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, book of Gospels; to left, IC; to right, XC. Border of large pellets
Rev: Three-quarter length figure of the Virgin orans facing, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium; to left of nimbus, M; to right, Î˜
Dim: 27 mm, 5.42 gQuant.Geek

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Byzantine Empire: Constantine IV Pogonatus (668-685) Æ Decanummium, Constantinople (Sear 1182; DOC II.38; MIB III.88)Quant.Geek

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